Visa no. 3: Mali in Nouakchott

Single visa for Mali in Nouakchott costs 650UMR and takes 30mins to obtain. There are 2 locations for the embassy on Google Maps, go for the one in English. The one on N2 Nouadhibou route is no longer valid. You need 2 photos and a photocopy of your passport and they ask for point of […]

Visa no. 2: Mauritania on the border

Nah, this one was easy. On the border, €55, quite a queue but I think my bus driver skipped the hassle. It still took over 2 hours. I took a 8/8:30/9am Supratours bus from Dakhla. It costs 260Dh to Nouadhibou. There is change of bus to minibus at he border. You can also take it […]

Then we take Berlin

I normally ignore countries for which I have to get a visa and all the following apply: the consulate is not in my city and I have to wait for days for visa to be issued and the visa is not on arrival. It just isn’t worth the wasted time and energy and money when […]

Visa no. 1: Ghana

Visas suck. West Africa is full of visas. Most of the time you won’t know where to get a visa for each country, how much it will cost, how long will it take to get one. It’s even worse when you live in an unimportant country, like Poland, where of all West Africa there is […]

Hello world

Hello world. This is my first, or maybe second, attempt at blogging. I am going to West Africa and I will try to write about it. I’ve been to Africa many times but mainly with work. This will be holiday time. That is, of course, if I get the visas…